1 killed, 5 hurt in Delaware crash

A driver was killed and five other people hurt in a collision between a car and a van in Wilmington late Wednesday, police said.

Delaware State Police said a Chevrolet Astro Van driven by Johnathan E. Collins, 25, was eastbound on Lancaster Pike about 10:06 p.m. when it slammed into a Chevrolet Cavalier that was making a left hand turn from Court Drive onto the westbound lanes of the pike.

The driver of the Cavalier, Regelio Pena-Vasquez, 23, was killed, and three men in his car were injured, police said.

Collins and a passenger also were injured.

The five people hurt in the crash were taken to Christiana for treatment of what were described as various non-life threatening injuries.

The occupants of both vehicles all were wearing seat belts.

Investigators are awaiting the result of an autopsy on Pena-Vasquez, whose address was unknown.